Senior Internal Audit Lead – Payments & Data Analytics

Standard Chartered; Karachi Division; Hybrid; PKR 2,500,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary & benefits

Flexible working options

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Standard Chartered is seeking an experienced professional to lead end-to-end audit delivery across risk assessment, planning, execution and reporting. You will provide independent assurance and actionable insights to support senior management and board decisions.

The role emphasizes data analytics, stakeholder collaboration, and maintaining independence while applying sound professional judgement in a dynamic banking environment.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in internal audit, external audit, banking operations, technology risk or controls experience; experience in banking or financial institutions is preferred.
• Professional certification such as CISA, CIA or an equivalent qualification is advantageous.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Finance, Accounting, Business, Information Systems, Technology, or a related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver risk-based audits across the payments value chain, including initiation, processing, clearing, settlement, reconciliation and exception handling, in accordance with Group Internal Audit (GIA) methodology.
• Assess governance, risk management, controls and technology risks across operations, applications, data flows and supporting infrastructure.
• Use data analytics and AI responsibly to identify patterns, test hypotheses, support audit execution and generate clear, forward-looking insights.
• Obtain sufficient, reliable and relevant evidence through walkthroughs, control testing, data analysis and stakeholder interviews.
• Develop concise audit issues that clearly articulate the condition, cause, risk implication and required outcome.
• Communicate audit conclusions accurately and promptly, providing constructive challenge where required.
• Monitor agreed actions and assess whether remediation addresses the underlying risk in a timely and sustainable manner.
• Build effective stakeholder relationships and contribute to a collaborative, high-performing audit team through knowledge sharing and coaching.
• Maintain awareness of emerging operational, technology and regulatory risks and exercise sound professional judgement and scepticism.
• Provide clear and timely reporting to relevant governance forums while maintaining independence, objectivity and confidentiality.
• Identify, escalation, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters effectively and collaboratively.

Skills

Internal audit

Banking operations

Technology risk

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Finance, Accounting, Business, Information Systems, Technology, or related

Job description

Standard Chartered is seeking an experienced professional to lead end-to-end audit delivery across risk assessment, planning, execution and reporting. You will provide independent assurance and actionable insights to support senior management and board decisions.

The role emphasizes data analytics, stakeholder collaboration, and maintaining independence while applying sound professional judgement in a dynamic banking environment.